Warlock Invasion of Naruto.

The Hidden Mist Village invaded the Uzumaki Clan, but was completely defeated by the Uzumaki Clan in just one battle, and then withdrew.

The entire war was like a farce, as if Kirigakure had just had a minor conflict with the Uzumaki clan.

However, once the casualties of the war were tallied, no force dared to underestimate the Uzumaki clan.

People are always interested in numbers. In this battle, Kirigakure mobilized over a thousand ninjas, and more than two hundred of them were sent to the sky along with the island by the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball.

The remaining casualties were the more than 300 people killed and more than 100 people captured during the landing battle on the southeast coast by the Uzumaki and Uchiha allied forces.

In other words, the thousand-strong army of Kirigakure lost more than half of its men in a single battle.

Even for powerful villages like Takigakure and Amegakure, whose strength is second only to the Five Great Ninja Villages, it would be impossible to gather a thousand ninjas even if they pooled all their resources. This loss would be a devastating blow to the Five Great Ninja Villages.

In a short time, the long-standing conflicts in Kirigakure erupted completely after this war.

The Third Mizukage was assassinated by four of the current Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, and nearly lost his life on the way to the front lines.

However, after the Third Mizukage returned to the village, he first ordered the pursuit and killing of the four deserters, and then surprisingly gathered more ninjas to continue the attack on the Uzumaki clan. As a result, he was opposed by a group of Jonin and was eventually dismissed by the high-ranking officials of Kirigakure.

Meanwhile, after giving the captured Kirigakure ninjas some basic treatment, Bai Yu sent them all back to Kirigakure.

Elder Yuan Shi of Kirigakure declared a complete ceasefire with the Uzumaki clan and agreed to sign a new treaty.

Immediately afterwards, the Hidden Mist ninjas who were sent back to the village all fell ill, which was incurable and also spread to others.

This caused a huge uproar in Kirigakure, who immediately sent people to the Uzumaki clan to ask Shiraha for help.

After all, there are quite a few Jonin among the 'poisoned' Kirigakure ninjas, and they are not easy to train.

Moreover, if they are not rescued, the people of Kirigakure will completely lose their morale.

Faced with Kirigakure's sincerity, Shiraha could only prescribe an expensive special medicine to treat the Kirigakure ninjas, and a large amount of resources and funds were continuously transferred into the Land of Whirlpools.

This was Bai Yu's open scheme, and Kirigakure had no choice but to swallow their anger, since their Third Mizukage had provoked the Uzumaki clan first!

With his terrifying medical ninjutsu and the Nine-Tails' earth-shattering Tailed Beast Ball, Bai Yu demonstrated to the ninja world that the Uzumaki clan was not to be trifled with.

......

In just ten days, Bai Yu completely resolved the troubles caused by the Hidden Mist Village.

At this time, his avatar "Wood Spirit" was still within the Land of Water.

At first, Kodama acted together with Obito and Zetsu, but halfway there, Obito and Zetsu suggested that they split up.

After discovering the special circumstances of the Land of Water through "Kodama," Bai Yu agreed to separate from Obito and Zetsu.

Every country has some special bloodline families, and the Land of Water is no exception.

In the original work, special bloodline limits such as Corpse Bone Pulse and Ice Release are unique to the Land of Water. Since Bai Yu came here, he naturally had a need to collect them.

Most importantly, he discovered something strange: the people of the Land of Water seemed to regard ninjas with bloodline limits as plagues, avoiding them at all costs.

Kirigakure has ninjas specifically tasked with slaughtering those with bloodline limits. Of course, this only applies to bloodline clans and ninjas who have not joined Kirigakure but have settled in the Land of Water.

Even so, it is still quite outrageous.

Just before Kirigakure launched its attack on the Uzumaki clan, the Yuki clan, a bloodline family from the Land of Water, was massacred, with only a few survivors who began a life of hiding and fleeing.

"At this point in time, Kaguya Kimimaro seems to be seven or eight years old. The Kaguya clan hasn't been wiped out yet, so it's worth trying to win them over," Bai Yu thought to himself. Now that they had just defeated Kirigakure, the Uzumaki clan was accepting some bloodline families, so Kirigakure probably wouldn't dare to object.

In the first part of the story, Kimimaro was also a genius. If it weren't for his bloodline disease, becoming a Kage-level powerhouse would have been no problem at all.

Bai Yu was very interested in the Corpse Bone Vein, a rare bloodline that enhances physical constitution.

The most crucial point is that he doesn't know if the Corpse Bone Vein can be integrated into the bloodline of his "World Tree Companion Python". Everything needs to be tested before the results can be obtained.

In addition, the Snow Clan's Ice Release technique is also a target for Bai Yu to collect.

And so, Bai Yu's journey to collect bloodline limits in the Land of Water began, leading him to the vicinity of Kirigakure.

Not far from Kirigakure, in a valley shrouded in thick fog, he discovered something strange.

A large number of Hidden Mist ninjas were lying in ambush on both sides of the valley. If Bai Yu hadn't known his perception and concealment abilities, he would have thought these people were lying in ambush on him!

"Pakura, a ninja from Sunagakure, using the Scorching Release! What's she doing here?"

Out of curiosity, Bai Yu merged his body into the tree and watched quietly. Soon he noticed a beautiful female ninja in a backless dress walking into the valley, and Bai Yu recognized her.

Because "Kodama" and Kakuzu had been on a mission together some time ago, Shiraha still remembered the ninjas recorded in Kakuzu's notebook.

As an elite Jonin of Sunagakure, Yekura has a bounty of 45 million ryo! She has always been someone Kakuzu longed for.

"The Sand Village sent Pakura to the Mist Village, and yet so many ninjas ambushed her. How interesting."

Bai Yu became interested, and coincidentally, the Scorching Release technique was also quite valuable for research.

At that moment, through the thick fog, a Jonin from Kirigakure appeared before Yekura, smiling as he spoke:

"Lord Yogakure of Sunagakure, it is a pleasure to meet you. The fog is thick, and I have been ordered to come and guide you."

"Thank you for your hard work. It's just one valley, so it's not easy to get lost." Ye Cang smiled, then changed the subject, "I heard that there has been a change in the Mizukage position in Kirigakure recently. I hope that won't affect the alliance between Kirigakure and Sunagakure?"

"Of course not. The village will soon elect a fourth Mizukage, and the elders will temporarily take charge." The Kirigakure Jonin forced a smile, sensing that Yekura was deliberately mocking him.

If Yokura understood social etiquette, perhaps she wouldn't have asked such an unpleasant question right from the start.

However, for the Jonin of Kirigakure, it's all the same.

"Please!" The Kirigakure ninja smiled and stepped aside.

Ye Cang nodded and walked forward.

puff!

Yekura had just passed by the Kirigakure Jonin when he suddenly pulled out a sharp kunai that gleamed with an eerie light and stabbed it into her back.

"What... are you doing?!"

Ye Cang looked on in disbelief, her neck stiff as she turned her head. Because she was completely unprepared, her body was now completely numb after being poisoned.

"If you hadn't interfered with our village's plan to capture the Three-Tails, how could we have been defeated in this operation against the Uzumaki clan! Being abandoned by the Fourth Kazekage is your retribution!" The Kirigakure Jonin said fiercely, not forgetting to deliver a verbal blow before killing Pakura.

Immediately afterwards, the Kirigakure Jonin forcefully stabbed the kunai deep into Pakura's back.

Because of the paralysis in her body, Yekura stumbled forward a few steps before falling to the ground.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

The ninjas lying in ambush on the cliffs on both sides of the valley attacked simultaneously, throwing a large number of kunai at Yekura, who had fallen to the ground.

The dense array of kunai formed a tight, airtight net, completely covering Yokura's body.

Such injuries wouldn't kill Yekura immediately, but they would allow her to experience the pain of dying from betrayal.

boom!

With a deafening roar, the earth cracked open, and massive tree trunks emerged from the ground as if they were alive.

Immediately afterwards, two enormous wooden dragons, each over twenty meters long, burst forth. One of the dragons coiled up, blocking all the kunai, swallowed Yekura whole, and then burrowed back underground.

Meanwhile, the other wooden dragon launched an attack on the Hidden Mist ninja.

"What's going on?!"

"Is this Wood Release?"

"careful!"

"what!"

On his deathbed, hearing screams around him, Ye Cang struggled to open his eyes and found himself lying in the arms of a cold-faced, black-haired man: "You are...?"

Before Bai Yu could answer, Ye Cang fell into a coma.

......

After repelling the Hidden Mist forces, the Konoha reinforcements returned to Konoha.

The Uchiha clan ninjas received ample courtesy from the Uzumaki clan, and the Uchiha elites who participated in this war developed a much better impression of the Uzumaki clan.

The feud between the Uchiha clan and the Uzumaki and Senju clans dates back to the Warring States period. Now it is the era of ninja villages. The Uzumaki clan took the initiative to express friendship, and the Uchiha clan naturally would not be ungrateful, especially since the Uzumaki clan has two top-notch experts, Hakuba and Kushina.

The Uchiha clan has always revered the strong.

Neither Shiraha nor Kushina directly participated in the battle during this war, but both the 'Radiation Shaman Array' and the Tailed Beast Ball released by Kurama were enough to demonstrate their strength.

This gave rise to even more thoughts among the Uchiha clan members who had suffered unfair treatment in Konoha.

The radicals initially only wanted to obtain their due rights, but now some Uchiha clan members have begun to think about whether they can follow in the footsteps of Shiraha and Kushina and lead their clan to break away from Konoha. After all, with the strength of the Uchiha clan, even if they become independent, their strength is second only to the Five Great Shinobi Villages.

It's important to know that their clan leader, Fugaku Uchiha, has awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, a terrifying power capable of controlling tailed beasts. Furthermore, due to this support, the Uchiha and Uzumaki clans have established a friendly relationship, making cooperation between them entirely possible.

In fact, this was the path that Madara Uchiha initially envisioned. He knew that under the current system in Konoha, the Uchiha clan would not be able to obtain a fair environment, let alone have the opportunity to compete for the position of Hokage.

Since they cannot fully integrate into Konoha and be accepted by other ninja clans, they might as well start afresh and create a powerful ninja village on their own, with the Uchiha clan as a separate entity.

However, in that era, there was a Hashirama Senju who was even stronger than Madara, so the Uchiha clan members chose to stay in Konoha.

In Konoha today, the person in power is the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Despite being known as a "Hero of the Ninja" and being one of the Five Kage of his time, Hiruzen Sarutobi continued to occupy the Hokage position as he aged and weakened. While superficially appeasing the Uchiha clan, he insincerely delayed the inevitable, deceiving them. Most importantly, he lacked the strength and resolve of Hashirama Senju, so the Uchiha clan members no longer chose to remain in Konoha as resolutely as they had in the past.

Of course, only a small number of Uchiha clan members hold this view.

Most of the clansmen still hope to stay in Konoha. As long as there is a possibility of fighting for their due rights, they do not want to leave their homeland and the village where they have lived for decades.

At this moment, in the lounge next to the Hokage's office, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo Shimura, Homura Mitokado, and Koharu Utatane listened to the report from the Anbu ninja Shisui Uchiha, and their expressions were not very good.

"Shisui, you've worked hard. You should go and rest now."

Hiruzen Sarutobi said with a smile.

"Yes." Shisui bowed slightly and then left the room.

"Hiruzen, what do you think?" Mitokado Homura asked with some worry. "The Uchiha ninjas have actually started to consider betraying the village. We must take action. Shouldn't we make some concessions and temporarily appease the Uchiha clan, let them..."

"Absolutely not!" Danzo interrupted him. "Why would you tell us about the Uchiha clan's internal reactions when Shisui Uchiha has only recently joined the Anbu? Isn't this a test by the Uchiha to force us to back down? Once there's a first time, there will be countless times. The Uchiha will definitely keep pressing us, so we must not back down."

"What if the strong members of the Uchiha clan, like Yagami Hakuba and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, want to leave Konoha? Appropriate concessions can ease the conflict," Koharu Utatane said in a deep voice.

Both she and Mitokado Yan were frightened.

If the Uchiha clan were to leave Konoha, it would be a huge blow to Konoha's overall strength, and most importantly, Konoha's reputation would likely collapse.

Danzo frowned and looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi: "Hiruzen, you're not going to waver, are you?"

“I still hope to ease the conflict through dialogue, and everything can be negotiated on the spot,” Hiruzen Sarutobi said.